Nested chair



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NESTED CHAIR Filed March 27, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l AT TGRN E VS May 30,1933.

L. DELLERT NESTED CHAIR Filed March 27. 19:51 2 Sheets-Sheet M M 9 w Xind I U V W mm WW UWH HZ WW M m 1 1 I 3 l W W IIIIIIIIIIII 7/ 3G a m 11a; if! v in?! ail-51F? i 1 J w a 2i; 1 h f, a J MUM J/fl Patented May30, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE NESTED CHAIR Application filedMarch 27, 1931. Serial No. 525,841.

This invention relates to furniture and particularly to an improvedchair which is so formed as to be nested in a minimum of space, theobject being to present a chair of this kind which will be strong andpleasing in appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved chair formedso that a plurality of identical chairs may be readily nested.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a chair with suitablelegs and bracing rung for bracing the front legs of the chair, thearrangement being such that a.

plurality of identical chairs may be nested upon moving the seat to aposition exposing the seat frame of the chair.

An additional object is to provide a chair which may be readily nestedfrom the front and which has eflicient braces for the various legs and apair of arms above the seat.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of a chairdisclosin an embodiment of the invention, a

5 seconcl chair being shown nested therewith, the same being illustratedby dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figure 1 on line 22, the completeback being shown in elevation.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through Figure 1 on line 33.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through Figure 1 on line 44, the seat beingremoved. Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing a modifiedform of chair, which includes arms arranged above the seat.

Figure 6 is a front View of the chair shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a view showing a plurality of chairs identical in structureto that illustrated in Figure 1, the same being shown nested.

Figure 8 is a detailed fragmentary sectional view showing a modifiedarrangement 5 of the seat frame and method of securing the rear legsthereto.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8 but showing a further modifiedform of seat frame and method of securing the rear legs thereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral, 1 and 2 indicatethefront legs of the chair, 3 and 4 indicate the rear legs. Legs 3 and 4extend upwardly and merge into the back 5 which, if desired, may have apanel or other structure 6.

In order to reinforce the back legs 3 and 4, angle irons 7 and 8 arepartly embedded therein as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3. A similarreinforcing structure is provided for the front legs, namely, the angleirons 9 and 10. It will be noted that the legs are formed of Wood andthe angle irons as just set forth are desirable in order to reinforcethe wood and to stiffen the chair. Also these angle irons form efiicientanchors for the seat frame 11 and for the rungs 12 and 13. The seatframeill is formed with angle irons and of a U-shaped structure asillustrated in Figure 1, the rear part being spot welded to the angleirons 7 and 8 and the front spot welded to the angle irons 9 and 10,though they could be secured by rivets or other means if desired.

As illustrated in Figure 2, screws 14 and 15, are also used, said screwsextending through, respectively, the metal of the frame 11 and the rung12 into the respective legs 3 and 4. Also, preferably, the screws 16 and17 extend through the front part of the seat frame and through the angleirons 9 and 10 into the wood portion of the respective front legs. Byproviding the seat frame 11 and the rungs 12 and 13, as well as thevarious angle irons 7 to 10 inclusive, a rigid structure of metal isprovided near the seat of the chair whereby the chair, while presentinga pleasing appearance, will stand much rough use Without danger ofbreakage.

A seat 19 is mounted to rest on top of the frame 11, said seat beingconnected with the rear legs by suitable hinges 20 and 21 and heldtightly against the front of the seat frame by suitable straps 22 and23. Each of these straps is rigidly connected to the said frame andprovided with an opening to receive a button 24, said button beingconnected with the front leg. In this way the seat frame cannotaccidentally be swung upwardly.

From Figures 2 and 4 it will be noted that the seat frame, rung 12 andin fact the entire chair converges from the front so that the front iswider than the rear. This arrangement is provided in order that theidentical chair may be nested from the front as illustrated in Figure 7.It will be noted also that the said frame and rung 12 inclinesdownwardly toward the rear whereby the various chairs may be nested fromthe front while all the legs are resting on the floor. In order to nesttwo or more chairs, it will be necessary to raise the seats and thenlift the rear legs of the chair to be nested so that they may be movedover the rung 13, after which the rear legs are moved to the dottedposition shown in Figure 1. A third or more chairs may be nested in thesame way, each chair having the rear legs lifted so that they may passover the rung 13. It will be noted that the rung 13 is adjacent theentrance end of the respective chairs and firmly braces said entrance tothe end while the other rung braces the chair otherwise. In regard tothe seat, it will be seen that the same may be made from wood or sheetmetal as illustrated in Figure 2 and this is covered by suitable paddingand an ornamental cloth, leather or other covering member which dependson the front and sides to cover the seat frame so as to present apleasing appearance.

In Figures 5 and 6 a modified form of the invention is shown, which isidentical with that shown in Figure 2 except that the shape of the back5 is slightly different and the front legs 1 and 2' extend upwardlybeyond the seat frame 11 and form arm posts 26 and 27 to which the arms28 and 29 are secured by screws or other means. Arms 28 and 29 arepreferably formed integral with the rear bracing bar 30 screwed to orotherwise connected with the back 1. It will therefore be noted that thearms and member 30 form a U-shaped structure which tapers from the fronttoward the rear, the front being wider than the rear. This permitschairs of identical structure to be nested or permits chairs formed asshown in Figure 5 to be nested with chairs formed as shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 8, a slightly modified structure of the seat frame is providedwherein the rear legs 3 and 4 are fitted into notches 31 in the frame11. A bolt 32 extends through each of the legs and through a smallclamping plate 33 and a lug 34 depending from the frame 11. In this waythe rear legs do not extend beyond the seat frame and thereby present apleasing appearance. In Figure 9 a similar structure is shown as far asembedding the legs 3 and 4 in the seat frame is concerned but in thisform of the invention, seat frame 11 is provided with a separate section11 at the rear, said section having depending flanges 35 and 36 coactingwith flanges 37 and 38 to form a socket for receiving the respectivelegs. Bolts 39 and 40 extend through the various flanges just mentionedand through the legs whereby the section 11 is firmly held in place andconnected with the legs and with the remaining part of the seat frame.

I claim:

1. A chair of the character described comprising a pair of rear legsmerging into a back, a pair of front legs, an angle iron embedded ineach of said legs adjacent the top thereof, a substantially U-shapedseat frame having its bottom rigidly connected to each of said angleirons of the rear 1e s and its sides rigidly connected to the ang eirons of the front legs, a substantially U- shaped bracing rung havingits bottom rigidly connected to each of the angle irons of the rear legsnear the lower ends thereof and the sides connected of the front legs,said seat frame and said bracing rungs converging from the front to theback so that the rear of one chair may be moved into the front ofanother chair when nesting a plurality of chairs and a seat movablyconnected with the angle irons of said rear legs, said seat beingnormally positioned to reston said seat frame but adapted to be swungfrom said seat frame to a substantially vertical position when a numberof chairs are being nested.

2. A chair having a pair of spaced rear legs merging into an upwardlyextending back, a pair of front legs spaced farther apart than the rearlegs, a U-shaped Seat frame positioned within the space enclosed by thefront and rear legs and the open end at front of the chair, therespective legs of the U-shaped member connecting the respective frontand rear legs, a seat hingedly connected with said back and normallyresting on said frame, said seatbeing capable of being swung upwardlyand rearwardly against said back when a plurality of chairs of identicalstructure are nested.

3. A chair having a pair of spaced rear legs merging into a back, a pairof front legs spaced farther apart than the rear le s, each of the frontlegs having an upwardly extending arm post, a U-shaped seat frameconnected to all of the legs, the open end of the frame being at thefront, said frame being inclined from the front to the rear, 8. seatswingably mounted on the rear legs and normally resting on the seatframe, Said seat being swingable to a position against said back, and abracing rung arranged below said seat frame and connect ing all of saidlegs, said rung being formed U-shaped to present an opening at the frontwhereby a plurality of chairs of identical structure may be nested.

4. A chair of the character described comto the angle irons.

prising spaced front and rear le s, the front legs beingspaced fartherthan -t e rear legs a bracing rung connecting and bracing said frontlegs and extending substantially directly from one front leg to theother, a U-shaped rimg positioned so that its side members connect therespective front legs with the respective rear legs, said U-shaped rungbeing inclined from the front to the 1 rear, a seat frame ofsubstantially the same shape as the said U-shaped rung havin its sidemembers connecting the respective ront legs with the respective rearlegs, and the closed end of the frame connecting said rear legs, a seathingedly connected to said rear legs and positioned to normally rest onsaid seat frame but to be capable of being swung away from said seatframe to permit chairs of identical structure to be nested by moving therear legs of one chair toward the rear legs of another chair through thefront of said other chair, the chairs being nested being moved so thatthe rear legs will pass over said bracing rung.

5. A nestable chair comprising a U-shaped seat frame open at the front,a U-shaped rung open at the front, metal plates extending from eachcorner of the seat frame to the respective corners of the U-shaped rungfor rigidly connecting the four corners of said frame to the fourcorners of the rung, a pair of front legs, means for securing the frontlegs to the front part of the seat frame and rung respectively, meansfor connecting the rear legs to the seat frame and rung respectively,and a seat member mounted on said seat frame, said seat member beingswingable so that it may be swung back substantially parallel to therear legs when two or more chairs are being nested.

6. A chair including a back merging into a pair of rear legs, a pair offront legs, an angle iron embedded in each of said le a substantially U-haped seat frame rigi 1y 4 connected to all of said angle irons, saidseat frame converging from the front to the rear so that the rear of onechair may be moved into the front of another chair when nesting aplurality of chairs, a U- shaped rung connected with said angle ironsappreciably below the seat frame, and a seat pivotally mounted on saidseat frame adapted to be swung upwardly and rearwardly to asubstantially vertical position to expose the seat frame, when aplurality of chairs are nested, said frame and said rung being open atthe front so that the nesting operation may take place without raisingthe chairs from the floor.

Si ed at New York City, in the county of ew York and State of New Yorkthis' 25th day of March 1931.

LOUIS DELLERT.

